Fouad Mebazaa (Arabic: فؤاد المبزع, romanized: Fuʾād el-Mbazaʿ; born 15 June 1933) is a Tunisian politician who was the acting president of Tunisia from 15 January 2011 to 13 December 2011.

[1] He was Governor-Mayor of Tunis from 1969 to 1973, occupied several ministerial posts relating to youth, sports, public health, culture and information during the 1970s and late 1980s, and was an ambassador in Geneva and Morocco during the 1980s.

[1] During the Tunisian Revolution, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali left Tunisia on 14 January 2011 after being replaced by Mohamed Ghannouchi.

He also stated that, given his role and his presidential function, he temporarily left the office of the Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People to his first vice-president Sahbi Karoui on the 15 January 2011.

The next day, five members of the government, including Kamel Morjane, Ridha Grira, Ahmed Friaa, Moncer Rouissi and Zouheir M'Dhaffar resigned.